Author: Ellis, JosephPublisher: Faber & Faber LtdYear: 2005ISBN: 0571212123Binding: Hard CoverBook Condition: As NewJacket Condition: Very GoodSize: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tallDescription: New book, 320 pages. In the pantheon of Amerca's founders, there were many outstanding individuals. And yet each of them - Jefferson, Franklin, Hamilton, Adams, Madison - acknowledged Washington to be his superior, the one and only 'Excellency'. Drawing on the newly catalogued Washington papers at the University of Virginia, Joseph J. Ellis paints a full portrait of the man's life and career - from his military years through his two terms as President. In meticulous detail and lyrical prose, this book has given Washington the biography that his stature demands.